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Be glad for DICOM. In digital pathology we don't even have that. Every manufacturer has their own format. We don't even have proper OS libraries, there is a LGP
by yread 6y ago
Be glad for DICOM. In digital pathology we don't even have that. Every manufacturer has their own format. We don't even have proper OS libraries, there is a LGPL library that hasn't been updated for 2 years and GPL one that's up to date but slow as molasses.
EDIT: yes, I meant OpenSlide and BioFormats. BioFormats is in unoptimized Java. Oh yeah, and DICOM for pathology exists and some software tools use it exclusively but none of the manufacturers do. As the only standard some organization press for standardizing on it - forcing all vendors to provide convertors. But those are often slow, buggy and produce huge files.
- BubRoss 6y agoWhat do you mean by OS libraries here? Open source? Have you profiled the library to see where it is slow?
- jdgiese 6y agoI am curious what digital pathology libraries you are referring to (by any chance, is one of them https://www.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/ https://www.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/ ?) Also, I am sure you are aware the DICOM folks have been trying to get digital pathology pulled into the standard. I am not sure how much success they have had, but David Clunie (the current editor of the standard and a very friendly and open-minded person) had a funny set of power point slides about this topic. I recommend taking a look just for the humor: https://www.dclunie.com/papers/HIMA_2017_DICOMWSI_Clunie.pdf https://www.dclunie.com/papers/HIMA_2017_DICOMWSI_Clunie.pdf